[xubuntu-users] installing and using tex on debian/Ubuntu (was: authoring tools)

[pereira]

I use gedit; it can highlight TeX commands (and many others).
I did not find qpdview.

On 01/14/2017 04:42 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 01/14/2017 07:02 PM, pereira wrote:
>>    for TeX on a debian-based system do
>> sudo apt-get install texlive*
> You probably want to add an editor. texstudio is good, so is kile; both
> are debian packages. I use emacs, but that's just me :-)
>
> You will also need biber if you are creating documents with
> bibliographics references using biblatex (the old BiBTeX styles and
> program are now obsolescent).
>
> I can't remember if the process-control script latexmk comes with
> texlive or if it's a separate package, but it's good for managing the
> build of complex documents.
>
> Plus a decent PDF viewer like evince or qpdfview. The Okular viewer has
> a fancy LH margin bar which won't go away, and which wastes a lot of
> screen space, although its print control is better than the others.
>
> This lot under Ubuntu IMNSHE provides the best TeX environment.
>
>> be careful. It's about 1 Gb so it takes some time.
> The package to install is actually texlive-full, but I suspect texlive*
> will do that for you.
>
> ///Peter
>